At the Classic Dirt Bike Show at Telford in February François Bernard told CDB about the event he is organising on July 16-17 this year in Burgundy. It is open to all pre-74 off-road bikes
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International Dirt Bike Show: October 27/30, 2016
Come check out the CDB stand at Stoneleigh. From the Classic Dirt Bike magazine stand to the twinshock and evo club promoting their national race series and much more, there’s the best and latest modern
Read moreCarole Nash Classic Mechanics Show: October 15-16, 2016
Editor Tim Britton chats to Graham Vanhouse about his father Norman’s epic ISDT/Maudes Trophy ride. The October show is another jam-packed extravaganza of all things two wheels… but with a bit more of a 1970s/80s
Read moreManx Classic Trial
Rob Bowyer, former winner of the Pre-65 Scottish, concentrates hard at Sloc Corner. There was a slight hiccup to the route on the first day when a traffic incident, unconnected with the trial, caused a
Read moreMartin Lampkin: 1951-2016
It may look as if Martin is giving Vic Hanby a kick in the 1971 Scott trial, but his boot is on the rock. Mart is on his way to a Scott Spoon, as first
Read moreGone but not forgotten
Former Greeves race series champion Greg Radley shows the 500 can go… By the beginning of the 1970s clouds were gathering for the British motorcycle industry and by the end of 1970 Royal Enfield and
Read moreThat was the year… Les Archer became European MX champion
Les could well have graced the tarmac scene, he was certainly good enough. In an interview with Ralph Venables, published in The MotorCycle in September 1956, Archer admitted his season had started badly, something backed
Read moreLito X-cam
To people with a special interest in Swedish half-litre four-stroke motocross machines from the late Fifties and early Sixties names like Monark, Husqvarna and Lito will sound familiar. These brands of bikes came in different
Read moreSID'S SCOTTISH…
Tyndrum was a long old ride from Fort William and a tricky number to get right. “Does it feel 50 years ago?” I asked Alan Lampkin as he posed self-consciously with his 1966 Scottish Six
Read moreOriginal and unrestored
It’s a pretty standard looking machine, but Chip did a few special tweaks to make his ISDE week easier. In 1980, Chip Howell, a San Diego-area motocrosser decided on a new goal, representing the USA
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